Ask an Open Source Venture Capitalist

Richard Gorman, of Bay Partners, is a venture capitalist. Part of his job is to seek out and finance open source companies. He's not easy to snow technically; he has a Master's degree in Computer Science from MIT. And he's not easy to snow financially, either; he also has a Master's in Management. This is a golden opporttunity for all you budding entrepreneurs out there to find out exactly what a tech-hip, management-hip venture capitalist looks for in an open source-based startup. (As always, Slashdot interview rules apply.)

Somewhat broad question

[andyring]

Mr. Gorman,

In general, what qualities in an open source project do you find attractive and worthy of consideration for venture capital?

Re:VC Secret Society

[Austerity Empowers]

getting your resume summary posted on a slashdot summary.

Re:10 Most common

[flynt]

Number 1: Spelling 'capital' incorrectly on their business plan.

Re:10 Most common

[QuantumFTL]

What are the 10 most common mistakes open source-based startups make when seeking venture capitol?

1. Mispelling venture capital...